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i want to rid my computer of anything apple related. im getting sick of everything being confusing and difficult to use. and the new itunes update did not help. problem is i have an iphone. and cant sync without i tunes. or can i? ive heard something about winamp able to sync ipods. but cant...

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Not all of the new Windows 8 apps are 5-star winners. Allow us to suggest some worthy options. Link Removed

Dear Forum, I would welcome some help with the search. I have tried a number of things with this and it doesn't work. Windows 7 Home Premium Sp1 This is what happens now:- Control panel indexing options. Indexing in progress. O items indexed. I now click pause to stop wasting resources. I...

As you may know that Microsoft is making its own "Surface" tablet as well as its own smartphone. And it seems their intention is to make everything like notebooks, desktops, ultrabooks themselves, just like Apple does and this has already created tension between MS and the OEMs. May be MS...

Daemon tools was giving me blue screens and I'm not sure what software is a good replacement for it so I thought I would ask here. I would appreciate it if the software does not have a history of causing problems for people either xD

Hey guys, I've got this great little app for my android called Mixzing. Mixzing will see what track your currently playing (if you select one from your library) and then create a playlist with 20 suggestions in it. So if you select a calm or mellow song, it will suggest 20 more calm or mellow...

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hello everyone does anyone have an oppinion about free alternatives to REGISTRY BOOSTER 2011 what is the best choice and why KIND REGARDS CASI

I do not understand MS making Vista's Windows Calendar unavailable in Windows7. Live only provides for an email notification, where Windows Calendar reminded me at various time/date setable stages (eg. weeks to hours) with pop-up notifications on my desktop, as I do not continuously keep mail...

A group representing over 5,000 users of vector drawing software FreeHand has filed a class action lawsuit against Adobe Inc. in the California District Court for antitrust violations. Adobe almost acquired FreeHand in 1994 when it acquired Aldus, but the Federal Trade Commission put a...

Poor old Microsoft, damned of they do and damned if they don’t. With US or EU competition regulators ever ready to pounce on them if they add a new feature that somebody claims is anti-competitive. The Sticky Notes feature in Windows 7 offers only minimal functionality, and there’s a far better...

I just got a new pc that I don't plan on getting Microsoft Office for. I've got an iphone and just want a calendar program to sync with itunes. Does anyone have a calendar program that syncs with itunes?

i really don't like it. it can't even copy files right. i wanted to copy a 300mb folder & after 20minutes i checked it & the destenation was 5Gb! :confused: i tried freecommander & classic shell but they are just a graphical thing. they still use the original Windows 7 file explorer (the...

win 7 firewall/anti-spy-malware good enough, or do I need an alternative firewall/anti-spy-malware?

Foxit Reader is absolutely amazing. Far as I can see it puts Adobe to shame. Everything I have read about here and elsewhere finally got me to try it, and I sure am glad I did. If your having problems with Adobe Reader give Foxit a try I bet you will be happy you did.

No command ping, ipconfig,... ? ¨[Resolved] Hello On windows 7, there's no "ping" or "ipconfig" (and certainly more). What's the hell did they think about to remove such basics commands !!! Is there any alternative ? Thanks :)

i'm buying a 1080p digital camcorder next week and was wondering what's a decent editing program with regard to using H264 formats on a 64bit win7? (any that use nvidia Cuda for example). At the minute the shortlist seems to be Sony or Adobe Premier...are there any decent alternatives?

Link Removed Open source has been the coming thing for years. For 2010 it’s the thing. Even Microsoft is touting open source capabilities in Microsoft Office and Windows 7, notesLink Removedfounder Tim McLaughlin. (This is actually a skateboard ramp design Link Removed due to 404...